This is excellent, so I’m sure Republicans will sue and the Supreme Court will overrule it, but let’s enjoy a temporary smile: People who choose not to have children will, at least for now and at least in New Hampshire, be allowed to choose not to have children.

Air Canada suspends restart plans after flight attendants union defies return to work order

Excerpt: Less than 12 hours after workers walked off the job, Federal Jobs Minister Patty Hajdu ordered the 10,000 flight attendants back to work, saying now is not the time to take risks with the economy and noting the unprecedented tariffs the US has imposed on Canada.

Me again: If the economy is so important, order the airline to pay workers for working, and pay fairly.

Air Canada and striking flight attendants’ union reach tentative deal

Solidarity forever, and fuck the boss, forever.

Open carry is illegal in WaDC, and concealed carry is legal only with a permit from the Police Department, but those laws are now null and void. Two thoughts: ① Pirro intends this as an invitation to Proud Boys and other neo-Nazis to come to DC and ‘help’ with the occupation of that city. And ② Open carry will still be illegal if you’re black.

My apologies if I’ve written this already. I’ve been thinking it for months, not sure if I’ve posted it:

The intent of all the accumulating outrages by Trump & the Republicans is to trigger protests and hope the protests become violent. Once there’s violence, or the lie of violence, martial law can be declared.

This is so obviously Trump & the Republicans’ plan, I challenge anyone to offer a more likely explanation.

I am both proud and disappointed that there’s been no violence to speak of from the citizen opposition, yet. When it happens I’ll have nothing to do with it — I am damned near incapable of violence — but violence will happen. People won’t be pushed around forever, without responding.

When a violent response happens, or Trump & the Republicans lie that it’s happened, the federal response will be brutal, and the actual war will be underway.

There’s the conundrum. I am a peaceful dude, not someone who’d light a molotov cocktail, but peaceful protest has never worked against fascism, and it won’t work this time.

Excerpt: Cost and access will absolutely chill speech. Identity providers are expensive. If users pay, you’ve built a wealth test for lawful speech. If sites pay, the costs roll downhill (fees, ads, data‑for‑access) and coverage narrows to the cheapest providers who may also be more susceptible to breaches.

Me again: It’s obvious to anyone with a functional noodle that requiring age verification on the internet is not about protecting children. It’s about preventing people from reading and sharing information — it’s censorship.

It’s telling that, apparently, state Rep. Nicole Collier is the only Democrat who refused to sign “a permission slip to be under escort by the Texas Department of Public Safety.” So, count ’em, one Democrat had the courage to say no to a plainly illegal “escort” intended to keep them from fleeing the state again.

Excerpt: Congressman Rob Bresnahan, a Republican who campaigned on banning stock trading by lawmakers only to make at least 626 stock trades since taking office in January, was under scrutiny Monday for a particular sale he made just before he voted for the largest Medicaid cut in US history.

It’s good news when someone stands up for truth against the lies, but I’m sure the Justice Department will open an investigation, which Trump will then drop in exchange for a sizable cash contribution.

Dude overdosed on drugs. If he wasn’t rich and famous, it wouldn’t be news. My condolences, but doing the drugs was his choice. Fuck all this war on drugs hysteria. Legalize everything.